The novel Returning to Haifa is one of the most important and prominent novels of Palestinian literature and has achieved great success

The novel Returns to Haifa embodies Kanafani's love for returning to his country. Most of it takes place on the way to Haifa, when Saeed and his wife decide to go there and lose their house, which they left with a baby during the Battle of Haifa in 1948.

The novel Returns to Haifa The novel gives a great deal of space to the golden concept of patriotism and citizenship and shows through the repercussions the harsh conditions that led to the tragedy of the Said family and presents a different concept than what was prevalent for the meaning of the homeland in the Palestinian discourse